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Eric Williams
NFL Reporter
Two of the league’s best teams needed late-game heroics on field goals to stay atop the conference standings.
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal blocked a Wil Lutz 35-yard attempt as time expired to preserve a 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos, keeping his team unbeaten this season.
For the Detroit Lions, Jared Goff threw a career-high five interceptions and his team trailed by 16 points at halftime. But the Lions rallied, and former UFL kicker Jake Bates drilled 52-yard field goal at the buzzer, allowing Detroit to escape with a 26-23 victory over the Houston Texans on the road to stay atop the NFC conference standings at 8-1. Bates also made a career-high 58-yarder in the fourth quarter.
The Chiefs and Lions remain on a collision course to meet in the Super Bowl. Their razor-thin victories occurred during a week when five games were decided by 10 points or more. The blowouts featured two teams with preseason Super Bowl aspirations — the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets — who played like they’ve packed it in for the season.
Taking the field without quarterback Dak Prescott due to a hamstring injury, the Cowboys were humbled at home by the Philadelphia Eagles 34-6. And even with 10 days of rest, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets laid an egg on the road, getting boat-raced by the Arizona Cardinals 31-6.
Let’s take a closer look at who’s hot and who’s cold for Week 10.
WHO’S HOT
Ricky Pearsall, WR, 49ers
Making his second start in place of Brandon Aiyuk, who’s out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, the rookie out of Florida scored his first NFL touchdown on a 46-yard run and catch in his team’s 23-20 road victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Just 10 weeks after Pearsall suffered gunshot wounds to his chest as the victim of an attempted robbery, the first-round pick finished with four receptions for a season-high 73 yards on six targets.
However, it wasn’t all…
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